R.A. Hall fourth-grader is science national champion
mySouTex.com, June 5, 2010 [here]
R.A. Hall Elementary School fourth-grader Julisa Castillo has been named junior division champion for the 2010 National Science Fair.
Her project, “Disproving Global Warming,” beat more than 50,000 other projects submitted by students from all over the U.S.
Julisa originally entered her project in her school science fair before sending it to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be judged at the national level.
The NSF panel of judges included former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, 14 recipients of the President’s National Medal of Science, and four former astronauts.
“Before she sent it off, she just had to add more details, citations for her research, and the amount of hours she spent working on it,” said Julisa’s father, J.R. Castillo.
In addition to a plaque, trophy and medal, Julisa has won an all-expenses-paid trip to Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., which she plans to attend this summer.
by Fact Checker
We have have received a lot of email regarding this story. It appears that the girl’s father may have fabricated the award.
However, when it comes to hoaxes, the Global Warming scare is the the biggest hoax in history.
by Fact Checker
It is now confirmed that the father authored the hoax: http://www.mysoutex.com/view/full_story/7901678/article-Father-says-he-is-sorry-for-science-fair-hoax?
This story is a hoax. See the following sites: http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/beeville-fourth-grader-disproves-global-warming/#comments
http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2010/06/nsf-letter-fraudulent.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ccoct/the_fake_science_fair_award_what_sort_of_person/